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...levels. "It's a moving target," says Nathan. "But we are winning the battle. It's been an incredibly exciting several decades in diabetes research, but a lot more work needs to be done. We know what we need to do, we just need to apply what we learn better - to the right patients at the right time...
...work of Arch C. Whitehead ’91 (better known as Colson Whitehead) has been invariably compared to Ralph Ellison’s masterpiece, “The Invisible Man.” He’s garnered plaudits of all kinds: a MacArthur Genius grant at age 32, Pulitzer finalist status for his novel “John Henry Days,” and a myriad of awards for young authors, including the Young Lions Fiction Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, and a Whiting Writers Award. However, for all the attention paid to him within the world...
...good while doing it. English concentrators usually dress the part—look no further than the plethora of glittery scarves that adorn the inhabitants of the Barker Center Café—and exude a certain je ne sais quoi that suggests that they just might be better read than you are. Judging by the concentration requirements, they probably are.History and LiteratureContext. Context. Context. But most importantly: context. As a Hist & Lit concentrator you’d better have a deep appreciation for the who, what, when, where, and why of what you’re reading...
...school week is too short and the school year is too short. And I worry particularly about poor children - children who don't have two parents at home, children who don't have a household full of books. You look at all the creative schools that are getting dramatically better results. The common denominator of all of them is they're spending more time, doing more after school, doing more on Saturdays, doing more over the summer. The other big issue is that ultimately if we don't do more time, our kids are at a competitive disadvantage. Kids...
...putting on the front burner, like health care or education, should be on the back. This is where, I think, the President's instincts are absolutely right, that the way we're going to create a great economy and a strong country and a vibrant democracy is by better educating all of our children. And this is a cliché, but if you think education is expensive, try ignorance...